Isaiah 22:15–25

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“Go, say to this steward,

to Shebna^t the palace^u administrator:^v

¹⁶What are you doing here and who gave you permission

to cut out a grave^w for yourself^x here,

hewing your grave on the height

and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

¹⁷“Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you

and hurl^y you away, you mighty man.

¹⁸He will roll you up tightly like a ball

and throw^z you into a large country.

There you will die

and there the chariots^a you were so proud of

will become a disgrace to your master’s house.

¹⁹I will depose you from your office,

and you will be ousted^b from your position.^c

²⁰“In that day^d I will summon my servant,^e Eliakim^f son of Hilkiah. ²¹I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash^g around him and hand your authority^h over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. ²²I will place on his shoulderⁱ the key^j to the house of David;^k what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.^{l 23}I will drive him like a peg^m into a firm place;ⁿ he will become a seat^a of honor^o for the house of his father. ²⁴All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

²⁵“In that day,^p” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg^q driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.^r